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IMPROVEMENT IN COMBINED CLIP AND BRAOE FOR GARRIAGBSPRINGS.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, JOIIN H. DEAL, of Hornellsville, in the county of Steuben, State of New York, have invented certain new and useful improvements in a Clip and Brace combined for securing elliptic springs and iron axles to vehicles; and the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, making a part of this specification, in whieh Figure 1 represents a rear view of a broken-oil section of an axle, both iron and wood, with the leaves of a spring secured by the clip.

Figure 2 shows a top view of the clip and brace with broken-ofi' sections of the spring and perch. The object of my invention is to more effectually secure elliptic springs and iron axles to the stock or wood axle, without the weakening of either, by having bolt-holes through them, and also brace the perch to the axle more firmly.

My invention consists in the construction of the clip-irons by connecting them together by a strap, and also with the top brace, and in combining them with the bottom link plates which form portions of the under side brace.

That others may be enabled to make and use my invention, I will describe it more fully, referring to the drawings and to the letters marked thereon.

In order to retain all of the strength of the wood axle A, iron axle B, and also to not weaken the leaves of the springs C C by having bolt-holes through them, I connect two clips at a together by straps Z) I) resting on the top ofthe under leaves of elliptic springs, and embracing the sides of the wood portion of the axle A and the edges of the iron axle B, so that when the link plates d d are put onto the under side of the axle l3 and secured by the nuts 0 e, the springs and iron axles are firmly fastened to-the wood A; and for the purpose of the more effectually securing the porch or reach E to the axle A, I make my top brace D a part of the clip-irons a a, it being connectcdto the middle of the strap 1) 6, which ties the top of the clip-irons together. I also form a brace for the under side of the reach E by connecting the link plates cl d together and curving them so as to form a strap, F, on the under side, the top and bottom braces being held to the perch by one or more bolts f, so that the whole structure is as firm and compact as can be, and none of theparts weakened by making bolt-ho1es through them f'or the purpose of fastening.

The advantages of my improvementsin the mode of constructing the clip and brace, and combining them with the link plates which form the brace for the under sidcwof the'axle and perch or reach, are greater than might be supposed by a casual observer. A break in the bar of an iron axle always occurs where a bolt-hole ismadc, and more generally thelcavcs of elliptic springs break at a'hole. The reason is obvious: usually onethird or one-fourth of the metal is removed, thereby weakening the parts in proportion, and, moreover, bolts put through are not likely to be so well fitted but that the strain is constantly working them loose, wearing the holes larger in the wood portion ofitl e axlc-tree, and reducing the strength of both the bolts and the springs and iron axle.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

i The double clip a a, connecting-strap Z1 6, and brace D, constructed in the manner described, in combination with the double-link plate-brace cl (i, applied substantially as and for the purposes herein "set forth..

In testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe my name on this day of ,1867, in the presence of- JOHN H DEAL. Witnesses:

II. B. CHASE, A. M. ILnirrox. 

